Vol. 10, Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
Ayimtiba Walling, Vijay Bahadur, VM Prasad, Samir E Topno and Anupriya Paul

Abstract:
An investigation was carried out during 2020-2021 at Horticulture Research Farm, SHUATS, Prayagraj. This experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with ten treatments viz. T0- Control, T1- Brassinosteroid @ 4 ppm, T2- Brassinosteroid @ 8 ppm, T3- Brassinosteroid @ 12 ppm, T4- Brassinosteroid @ 16 ppm, T5- Salicylic acid @ 50 ppm, T6- Salicylic acid @ 100 ppm, T7- Salicylic acid @ 150 ppm, T8- Salicylic acid @ 200 ppm, T9- Salicylic acid @ 250 ppm, were applied during the research work on Cape gooseberry. Both growth regulator i.e brassinosetriod and salicylic acid were found to be effective in terms of plant growth, flowering, yield and quality of Cape gooseberry. However, Brassinosteroid @ 16ppm proved to be most effective in term of plant height (87.38cm), number of leaves per plant (105.32), number of branches per plant (13.15), leaf area (77.88cm2), number of buds per plant (133.56), minimum days to flowering (44.07), number of flower per plant (115.56), minimum days to first fruit set (66.32), number of fruits per plant (104.81), fruit weight with and without husk (10.29 and 9.89g), polar diameter with and without husk (4.85 and 3.49 cm), radial diameter with and without husk (4.23 and 3.05 cm), fruit yield (54.96 q ha-1), (11.790Brix) T.S.S., minimum acidity (0.11%), Ascorbic acid (48.50) and Shelf life (31.31days). From the findings of present study it is concluded that spray of Brassinosteroid @ 16 ppm was found to be the best treatment for better plant growth, yield and quality of Cape gooseberry with maximum benefit cost ratio (3.66). Therefore, application of Brassinosteroid @ 16 ppm will improve yield and fruit quality in Cape gooseberry as a result the growers will be economically benefited.